Octatonic: 2011 diet and training journal

Hi popped in to say hi!  You are doing really well.  Looking at the photo's defo see positive changes - keep up with it. It's a long road but we are all on it with you! 

Have a great wkd

Thanks Kels.

Great workout today.
Chest Press:             4 sets x 64 kg, 12 reps                   
Cable Upright Row:   4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps        
Seated Row:             4 sets x 56 kg, 12 reps         
Hamstring Curl:        4 sets x 63 kg, 12 reps                    
Standing Dbell Curl:   4 sets x 18 kg, 12 reps  
Standing calf raise:     4 sets x 106kg, 12 reps  
Stand Barbell Curl:     3 sets x 27.5kg 12 reps            
Tricep Cable Pulldwn: 4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps   



Been a week since the last pics- just one for today though as I have to head out.
Getting there, slowly but surely.

Thanks mate.
Funny you mention it, I can feel a cold coming on.

I am eating around 1700 calories a day at the moment so a deficit of about 450 calories.
Working out 6 days a week with a weekly carb up (which is today).
Also a rest day today- bliss.

Back up to 103.8kg today but that is obviously holding onto some water.
I am back at university next week so it is going to be interesting to see if I manage to stick 100% to the diet and exercise AND do 18 contact hours a week and around 30 hours of study/practice on top of that (and my usual amount of teaching & playing).

I'm pretty disciplined so it should be too much of a problem.

Hey there mister...that is a cool piccie!! whey heeeeeey...... all looking good in Octantintonitics journal...GREAT!!!....

looking good in the pic mate . the guns, r getting there as my mate call,s them .  so back at uni this will be good to see how u get on with it i,m sure with they way u have came u won,t let this stop u

Thanks NG & stevenb.
Yeah it is all coming together.
My clothes aren't quite hanging off me but my jeans that I couldn't close 9 weeks ago are now loose about my waist.
That is a good feeling.
I have a couple of shirts that I've not bee comfortable wearing for a while that I fit back into.

I've had a great day today.
Feel completely carbed-up and rested.

Food for today was:

Breakfast: Eggs, wholemeal toast, 2 homemade hashbrowns, beans, tomato
Lunch: 100g chicken, 1 cup of couscous, large salad
Dinner: small amount of lamb/vege stirfry on top of a mountain of brown rice.
Dessert/cheat: Chocolate muffin.

Moderate protein, pretty low in fat, loads of low GI carbs and a sanity treat.
In my 9th week with no booze.
Feeling great for it. 
No gym today but still got in a walk with the dog for about an hour.
Back in the gym tomorrow feeling refreshed.

Goal for this week is just to keep working & moving forward.
If I can get under 102kg by the end of it I will be stoked.


Have a great week everyone.

good good mate good to see things all going well .got to love the cheat tho mate lol awsome .mind u need a cheat to keep u going pal

Hi mate... welldone on the progress, definately looking leaner in this week's pic!.. great work.

You wanna be careful that gun doesn't go off

Gun?...is that a man joke?..what's a gun please?...is that rude?...errrmm...mebbe I don't need to know...lol....

:-)

Did 45 mins cardio today- 30 mins bike & 15 mins crosstrainer.
Back on the 185lb keto diet.
Feel a bit watery and sluggish but I'll drop it in a day or so and be back on form.

Upper body weights only today as I had a 5m walk around London yesterday afternoon and very tired in the low body.

Chest Press:             4 sets x 64 kg, 12 reps                    
Cable Upright Row:   4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps         
Seated Row:             4 sets x 56 kg, 12 reps                              
Standing Dbell Curl:   4 sets x 18 kg, 12 reps      
Stand Barbell Curl:     4 sets x 27.5kg 12 reps             
Tricep Cable Pulldwn: 4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps  

Feeling a bit jittery from the clen but I am sure it will calm down.

Northerngal


Gun?...is that a man joke?..what's a gun please?...is that rude?...errrmm...mebbe I don't need to know...lol....

it,s what the american,s call arm pal there gun,s

octatonic


Upper body weights only today as I had a 5m walk around London yesterday afternoon and very tired in the low body.

Chest Press:             4 sets x 64 kg, 12 reps                    
Cable Upright Row:   4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps         
Seated Row:             4 sets x 56 kg, 12 reps                              
Standing Dbell Curl:   4 sets x 18 kg, 12 reps      
Stand Barbell Curl:     4 sets x 27.5kg 12 reps             
Tricep Cable Pulldwn: 4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps  

Feeling a bit jittery from the clen but I am sure it will calm down.

going up in the weights eh mate welldone . thats some change since the start ain,t it
no wonder they arms r looking sweet with bb curls off 27.5,s

stevenb

Northerngal


Gun?...is that a man joke?..what's a gun please?...is that rude?...errrmm...mebbe I don't need to know...lol....

it,s what the american,s call arm pal there gun,s

 
A gun is an arm?...oh...I didn't realise that....on man....I was thinking it was some sort of man joke referrring to ...errrmmm......something else a bit lower down...  ...ya know...an in joke between men....lol....I obviously have a lot to learn...hahahaha....and I'm not even a young person....durrrrr.....but clearly blonde!!!!...lolol...thanks..
 
Octantic....you are doing soo very well...and I'm really glad....don't go mad will you?..ya know slowly but surely and all that..it will stay off better that way too....sorry to sound like your ma....I just want you to still be happy about your weight in 6 months time and not just for 5 minutes....take care mister......

Northerngal

stevenb

Northerngal


Gun?...is that a man joke?..what's a gun please?...is that rude?...errrmm...mebbe I don't need to know...lol....

it,s what the american,s call arm pal there gun,s

 
A gun is an arm?...oh...I didn't realise that....on man....I was thinking it was some sort of man joke referrring to ...errrmmm......something else a bit lower down...  ...ya know...an in joke between men....lol....I obviously have a lot to learn...hahahaha....and I'm not even a young person....durrrrr.....but clearly blonde!!!!...lolol...thanks..
 
Octantic....you are doing soo very well...and I'm really glad....don't go mad will you?..ya know slowly but surely and all that..it will stay off better that way too....sorry to sound like your ma....I just want you to still be happy about your weight in 6 months time and not just for 5 minutes....take care mister......

lol u r mad pal no wonder we all love u

Ok, so a few things have changed in the last couple of days.

Decided that after 9 weeks of keto that it simply isn't working for me as well as it is for some other people.
The weight loss that I have experienced is basically the same as any other calorie controlled diet- around 1lb a week.
If I can eat a balanced diet and lose around the same amount of weight then that is what I am going to do.
I am not saying that it doesn't work, but it hasn't been a significant advantage to me so far and requires a fair amount of what is for me pointless sacrifice.  
I tried it for 9 weeks and it has been an interesting process but I definitely feel it is time to move on.


I was originally attracted to keto because it had zero tolerance for alcohol.
I am pretty sure I am in the rhythm of it now and I will be able to stay off the booze.

I am reintroducing carbs slowly over the next 3 weeks and then going to employ Healthy Action to do me a diet program that will help me continue to lose weight.
Adding in 30g of carbs per day for this week and then 60g the week after then 90 the week after that.

Still eating clean and off the booze, still training as much as ever.
Still have my focus.
Weight is stable at 103kg (so 7kg in 9 weeks).

Yesterday was an hour of cardio- cross trainer & bike.
Today was an upper body workout:

Chest Press:             4 sets x 64 kg, 12 reps                    
Cable Upright Row:   4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps         
Seated Row:             4 sets x 56 kg, 12 reps          
Hamstring Curl:        4 sets x 63 kg, 12 reps                     
Standing Dbell Curl:   4 sets x 18 kg, 12 reps   
Standing calf raise:     4 sets x 106kg, 12 reps   
Stand Barbell Curl:     3 sets x 27.5kg 12 reps             
Tricep Cable Pulldwn: 4 sets x 50 kg, 12 reps   

I did the last set of all exercises to failure.
Onwards and upwards.

Great decision!!... good luck with your new direction and i'm sure Healthy Action will keep you on track!!

I found cutting with carbs worked for me!!.. at least 150g a day!!

Flanders


Great decision!!... good luck with your new direction and i'm sure Healthy Action will keep you on track!!

I found cutting with carbs worked for me!!.. at least 150g a day!!

Thanks Flanders.
I actually took something you said in the members interview to heart- something about 'doing too many changes at once'.

Sure, I can live on a very limited diet for a while- 9 weeks apparently is my limit- but it isn't something I would enjoy in the long term.
I'm not talking about going back to my old habits- just taking a long term view.
My 9 week diet has taught me a lot though, not the least of which is dropping the booze is completely doable.

hi mate . i,ve been watching u as u know the reason is my brother in the same boat as u but all he,s been doing is alot off cardio and cutting out crap food,s he,s done realy well as u have one thing i keep telling him look at what u have done and focus on the following weeks  your doing great so keep with it pal

Been very busy for the last 3 weeks as I went back to university.

Exercise has continued throughout- I figured it would be better to hit the gym than to post at MT.
I will still check in from time to time.

Diet has been an adjustment.
I've been eating fine and still off the booze but coming off the ketogenic diet has been a bigger deal than I thought it would.
I am back around 105-106 kg but my body fat is still around 23%.
The nett result of 12 weeks of diet and exercise has been a drop of 7% body fat but my weight has only dropped slightly- around 3kg.

I am probably done with the keto diet thing but very happy with my progress in 12 weeks & I am fitter and healthier than I was when I started.
I am basically at a normal healthy diet now and will keep doing that until November which is when I am going to get Healthy Action on the case and then we will really see the weight drop off.